Bibliography

Complied by Martha Connell, Connell Gallery,333 Buckhead Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, (404) 261-1712

born 1915 in Dawson, NM; died 2001 in Berea, KY

EDUCATION:

1950 Bradley University, Peoria, IL, M.F.A., Industrial Arts

1937 Bradley University, Peoria, IL, B.F.A., Industrial Arts

AWARDS AND HONORS:

1999 Lifetime Achievement Award, Collectors of Wood Art

1997 Lifetime Achievement Award, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC

Wood Magazine’s Woodworking Hall of Fame

1994 Fellow, American Craft Council, New York, NY

Juror's Honorary Award, Transitions '94, Louisville, KY

1993 Year of American Craft Phone Book Cover, South Central Bell Telephone Company

1992 Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, Kentucky

Best of Show, Channel 15 (PBS) Juried Exhibition, Louisville, KY

1986 Fellow, Kentucky Guild of Artisans and Craftsmen

1977 Outstanding Decorative Arts for 1997, Decorative Arts and Modern Interiors, England

1960 Founder and Lifetime Member, Kentucky Guild of Artisans and Craftsmen

1955 Best Utilization of Waste Wood, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL

1950 National Award for Contemporary Design, International Wood Manufacturers

Lifetime Member, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Bank of America, Charlotte, NC

First Union National Bank, Atlanta, GA

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

Kentucky History Museum, Frankfort, KY

Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Museum of Sciences and Industry, Chicago, IL

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC

Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA

Yale University Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* denotes solo show):

2002 Southeastern Craft Innovations, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

2001-02 Woodturning in North America Since 1930, traveling exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of

Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, Yale University

Gallery (catalog)

Small Treasures, del Mano, Los Angeles, CA

2001-02 The Edward Jacobson Collection of Turned-Wood Bowls, Arizona State University Art

Museum, Tempe,Az

Members, Berea Arts Council – ArtSpace, Berea, KY (catalog) (April 19-25,

Small Treasures 2001, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001 Kentucky Woodturners, Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY

The Test of Time, An Exhibition of Works by Southern Highland Craft Guild

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, continued (* denotes solo show):

2000-02 Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, U.S. tour

2000 Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft

+ Design, Charlotte, NC (catalog)

The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

(catalog) July 7-December 31, 2000

Collectors of Wood Art Conference, Charlotte, NC, presented by Southern Highland

Craft Guild

Small Treasures, del Mano, Los Angeles, CA

American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester Art Center,

Rochester, MN

Art Center, Asheville, NC (June – August 2000) (catalog)

Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, SOFA New York, NY

Turned Wood 2000, del Mano, Los Angeles, CA (Jun 24 – Jul 22, 2000)

Artistry in Wood Furnishings and Decorative Woodturning, Domont Studio Gallery,

Indianapolis, IN (September 15 – October 14, 2000)

1999 *Rude Osolnik: Early Works, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

East Meets West, A Showcase of Japanese and Western Turned Wood Art, American

Association of Woodturners traveling exhibition, Tacoma, WA + Narugo, Japan

(catalog)

Kentucky’s Best: New Works from Old Friends, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation,

Louisville, KY May 5-July 3, 1999)

Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, IL

Turned Wood ’99, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (June 12 – July 10, 1999)

1998 Wood Collectors’ Forum, San Francisco, presented by Connell Gallery

* Rude Osolnik, Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT

Sculpture Objects Functional Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

Tell Me A Story: Makers from Appalachia, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH

(catalog) September 13 – November 8, 1998

1997-98 Craft of the Machine Age: 1945 – 1965, American Craft Museum, New York, NY +

other venues (catalog) October 25, 1997 – February 28, 1998

1997 *A Tribute to Rude Osolnik, a retrospective exhibition curated by Martha Connell, TriArt

Gallery, Louisville, KY

* Rude Osolnik, Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT

Ancient Craft to Fine Art: Selections from the Burton Creek Collection, Tifton Museum

of Art and Heritage, Tifton, GA

Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, Downtown Gallery of the

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

Homage to Osolnik, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

*Rude Osolnik, featured artist, del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, CA

The Renwick at 25, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, DC

1996 Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC (catalog)

* Rude Osolnik, featured artist, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Small Treasures ’96, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SOFA Chicago, represented by Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Vessels from the Permanent Collection, Arizona Stale University Art Museum, Tempe

1995 Three Generations of Woodturning: The Making of an Art Form, Connell Gallery,

Atlanta, GA

Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth and David Waterbury Collection of Turned

Wood Bowls, The Carleton Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Turned Wood – Small Treasures: The Third Annual Exhibition of Lathe Turned Objects

Under Six Inches, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Turned Wood ’95, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, continued (* denotes solo show):

l994 *Osolnik, Old and New, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Out of the Ordinary, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Transitions '94, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Kentucky Craft Marketing

Program; venues in Louisville, Ashland, Cumberland and Paducah, KY

1993-97 Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, European tour as a cultural

presentation of the United States government, sponsored by the Arts America

program of the U.S. Information Agency (catalog & video)

1993 The Art of the Woodturner, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Master Woodturners, Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT

New Art Forms Exhibition, Chicago, IL, presented by Banaker Gallery

1992 Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, Fine Arts Museum of the South,

Mobile, AL

2000 Year of Kentucky Craft, Owensboro Museum, Owensboro, KY 52392-7/12/92

+ Louisville venue, 7/23/72-9/12/92

1992 American Crafts: The Nation’s Collection, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of

American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

1991 Collecting American Decorative Arts, 1971-1991, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA

(catalog)

1990 *Rude Osolnik: Masterworks, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Made on the Lathe, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire, England

New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL, presented by Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation

Contemporary Wood Turners, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY

Contemporary Masters, Current Work by Artists of the Jacobson Collection, del Mano,

Turned Vessels Defined, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

Contemporary Works in Wood; Southern Style, Huntsville Museum of Art, AL (catalog)

1989-91 *Rude Osolnik: A Retrospective, Folk Art Center, Southern Highland Guild, Asheville,

NC + other venues: Carroll Reese Museum, Johnson City, TN; Arrowmont School of

Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN; North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA; North

Carolina State University Craft Gallery, Raleigh, NC; Appalachian Museum, Berea,

1989 By the Hand: Twentieth Century Crafts, High Museum of Art at Georgia-Pacific Center,

Atlanta, GA

Dinnerworks, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, KY

Checkmate and Other Moves, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY

New Work by Old Masters, Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT

Turners Challenge III, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

1988 New Art Forms Exhibition, Chicago, IL, presented by Great American Gallery

Lathe Turned Objects, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, + other venue

(catalog)

Shop Traditions, Studio Expressions, High Museum of Art at Georgia-Pacific Center,

Atlanta, GA

*Rude Osolnik: Turned Wood Vessels and Objects, Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Works Off the Lathe: Old and New Faces II, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO (catalog)

1987 Works Off the Lathe: Old and New Faces, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO (catalog)

Artistry in Wood, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

1986 The Art of Turned-Wood Bowls, National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC + other venues (catalog)

A Special Collection of Turned Wood Vessels, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, GA

Wood Turnings, del Mano, Los Angeles, CA

American Woodturners: An Exhibition, Brookfield Craft Center, NH

1986 The Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Today: 1986 Members Exhibit,

Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation Gallery, Louisville, KY (catalog) (July 8 –

August 8, 1986)

1985 Woodturnings: Vision and Concept, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Wood: Turned Vessels and Sculpted Objects, Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, continued (* denotes solo show):

1984 Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1983-84 Beyond the Bowl, Turned Vessels in Wood, Cartwright Street Gallery, Vancouver,

British Columbia, Canada (catalog) (10/21/83 – 1/29/84)

1981 A Gallery of Turned Objects, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)

1979 Appalachian Crafts Thirteen States/Tour, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville,

TN + other venues (catalog)

1975-76 Craft Multiples, Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, DC (July 4, 1975 – February 16, 1976) (catalog),

1950-75 Southern Highland Handicraft Guild Fairs in Asheville, NC; Gatlinburg, TN;

Knoxville, TN

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

2001:

The Test of Time, An Exhibition of Works by Southern Highland Craft Guild Members, exhibition

catalog, Berea Arts Council, 2001

Woodturning in North America Since 1930, exhibition catalog, The Woodturning Center and Yale

University Art Gallery, 2001

Remembering Rude Osolnik, Turning Points, Fall 2001, volume 14 n0. 3

2000:

Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, exhibition catalog, Harry N. Abrams,

Bowled Over by Scott Lucas, Creative Loafing Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, exhibition catalog, The Detroit Institute of Arts,

Detroit, MI

1999:

A Woodturning Legend: Rude Osolnik by Linda Fifield, Arts and Crafts Across Kentucky,

Summer 1999

Wooden Wares with Staying Power by Jack Warner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,

March 12, 1999

The Rude Osolnik Award, Arts and Crafts Across Kentucky, Summer 1999

East Meets West: A Showcase of Japanese and Western Turned Wood Art, exhibition catalog,

American Association of Woodturners, 1999

1998:

Tell Me A Story: Makers from Appalachia, exhibition catalog, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus,

OH, 1998

To Find Beauty Inside the Wood, Ask a Turner for Insight by Beth Johnson, The New York Times,

1998, page 19

Acquisitions, American Craft, June/July 1998, page 82-83

Craftworld, American Craft, 1998, page 15

Rude Osolnik to receive arts award by Judi Joseph, The Register, Richmond, KY

1997:

Craft of the Machine Age: 1945-1965, exhibition catalog, American Craft Museum, 1997

Rude Osolnik, A Life Turning Wood by Jane Kessler & Dick Burrows, Crescent Hill Books,

Louisville, KY, 1997

Enter the World of Lathe-Turned Objects. The Wood Turning Center & York Graphic Services, Inc.

Grandmaster of Wood Turning by Martha Connell, Turning Points, Wood Turning Center,

Philadelphia, PA, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1997

Rude Osolnik – A Life Turning Wood, Book Review by Tony Boase, Turning Points, Wood Turning

Center, Philadelphia, PA, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1997

Master crafts: Woodturning evolves from craft of necessity to sought-after art, Andrea Zinga

correspondent, CNN Travel News, Dec 15, 1997

Visual Arts: Recommended…, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, May 9, 1997

The Measure of a Master by Diane Heilenman, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY,

March 2, 1997

A Wise Way with Wood by Pamela Blume Leonard, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution,

Atlanta, GA, May 2, 1997

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, continued:

1997, continued:

Renwick Celebrates 25, American Style, Summer 1997

To A Turn, Legendary Kentucky Woodworker Lives in a House of His Own Making, The

Courier-Journal, August 23, 1997

Woodworking Hall of Fame, Wood Magazine: Issue 100, November 1997

Craftworld, American Craft, 1997, page 15

Gallery, American Craft, June/July 1997, page 88

The Speed’s New Acquisitions: Rude Osolnik, The JBSpeed Art Museum Program Guide for March

and April, 1997

1996:

The Art of the Lathe by Patrick Spielman, Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., New York, 1996

Growth Through Sharing, exhibition catalog, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, American

Association of Woodturners, 1996

The Wide World of Working with Wood by Pamela Blume Leonard, The Atlanta Journal and

Constitution, October 4, 1996

1995:

A New-Fledged Friend of Rude by Conner Runyan, American Woodturner: March 1995

Osolnik at 80 by Ernie Conover, Woodturning, England: Issue 30, March 1995

Rude Osolnik, An Appreciation by Albert LeCoff, Turning Points, The Wood Turning Center,

Philadelphia, PA: Vol. 8, No 1, Winter 1995

Top Exhibition for Turning Pioneer, Woodturning, England, Issue 30, March 1995

Osolnik at 80 by Ernie Conover, Woodturning, England, Issue 30, March 1995

Three Generations of Woodturning: The Making of an Art Form, exhibition review by Dorothy

Joiner, Art Papers, Vol. 19, November/December 1995

The 1994 American Craft Council Awards, American Craft, December 1994/January 1995

Art from Nature: Woodturners’ techniques ingrained with pure grace by Pamela Blume Leonard,

The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, July 21, 1995

1994:

A Great Deal of Depth: A Portrait of Rude Osolnik. By Jane Kessler, American Woodturner,:

December 1994

How I Make My Candlesticks by Rude Osolnik, American Woodturner, December 1994

Turning Stack-Laminated Bowls by Stephen H. Blenk, American Woodworker: August 1994

Osolnik Honored in Gatlinburg by Arrowmont School of Art,Crafts, The Berea Citizen,

November 3, 1994

1993:

Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, exhibition catalog, Fine Arts Museum

Of the South & United States Information Agency, 1993

Craft in America: Celebrating the Creative Work of the Hand by Phyllis George, The Summit Group,

Fort Worth, TX, 1993

Rude Osolnik: The Grandfather of Woodturning by Travis Flora, The Berea Citizen, Berea, KY,

November 18, 1993

Turning Out Elegance by Liz Seymour, Southern Accents, Nov/Dec 1993

Unfinished Works: Berea artist turns wood into finery by Robert Kaiser, Lexington Herald-Leader

Renwick Quarterly, Mar., Apr., May, 1993

1992:

Profile: Rude Osolnik by Dick Burrows, American Woodworker: Mar/Apr 1992

1991:

Collecting American Decorative Arts, 1971-1991, exhibition catalog, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Rude Osolnik, Woodturner by Jack Warner, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution,

Atlanta, GA, 1991

The Handcraft Revival in Southern Appalachia, 1930-1990 by Garry G. Barker, The University of

Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1991

1990;

Rude Osolnik: By Nature Defined by Jane Kessler, American Craft, Feb/Mar 1990

A Turn for the Better by Jack Mackey, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, January 6, 1990

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, continued:

1990 continued:

Rude Osolnik, Turning A Chess Set, American Woodworkers, 1990

The Woodturner’s Catalog, 1990, Craft Supplies USA (cover photo of Osolnik at the lathe)

Pro, Amateur Alike Show Love of Wood by Gene Raffensperger, The Des Moines Register,

September 14, 1990

Contemporary Works in Wood: Southern Style, exhibition catalog, Huntsville Museum of Art,

Huntsville, AL, 1990

Great American Gallery triples its crafts-viewing opportunities by Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal

and Constitution, October 12, 1990

1989:

Rude Osolnik: A Retrospective, exhibition catalog, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild,

Asheville, NC, 1989

Kentucky Crafts: Handmade and Heartfelt by Phyllis George, Crown Publishers,

New York, 1989

First Name in Turning is Osolnik by Jack Warner, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution,

Atlanta, GA: October 11, 1989

Osolnik Retrospective - 50 Years of Turnings, Fine Woodworking, 1989

Rude Osolnik’s Works A Sight To See by Jack Warner, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution,

Atlanta, GA, October 22, 1989

‘The Most Versatile Woodturner in America’ Showcased at FAC. Highland Highlights, Volkume 30,

No. 11, November, 1989

1988:

Lathe Turned Objects, exhibition catalog, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1988

Works Off the Lathe: Old and New Faces II, exhibition catalog, Craft Alliance + Wood Turning

Center, 1988

Contemporary American Craft Art: A Collectors Guide by Barbara Mayer, Gibbs Smith,

Salt Lake City, UT, 1988

A Way with Woods by Tom Carter, Lexington Herald-Leader, KY, July 12, 1988

Gallery, American Craft, June/July 1988, page 113

1987

Works Off the Lathe: Old and New Faces, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO (catalog)

1986:

A Special Woodturner from Berea, Expressway Traveller, October 1986

Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen 25^th Anniversary Celebration/1986, exhibition catalog,

1985:

The Art of Turned-Wood Bowls by Edward Jacobson, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1985

Master Woodturners by Dale Nish, Artisan Press, Provo, Utah, 1985

1984 and earlier:

A Visit to Berea, Kentucky by Jim Cummins, Fine Woodworking, Sept/Oct 1984

Gedrechseltes– Made in U.S.A. by Siegfried Ehrmann, Holz und Elfenbein, Vol. Jan/Feb – 1/4,

1984, West Germany

One Good Turner: A Workshop Conversation with Rude Osolnik, The Home Workshop Magazine

American Crafts: A Source Book for the Home by Katherine Pearson, Stewart, Tabori and Chang,

New York: 1983

Wood’s Turn for Glory by Eve Johnson, The Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 28,

1983

A Gallery of Turned Objects, exhibition catalog, Albert LeCoff, editor, Brigham Young Press,

Provo, UT, 1981

Woo(e)d : Changing Character of Wood Challenges Skill of Craftsman by Beth Curlin, The

Courier-Journal, July 5, 1977

Craft Multiples, exhibition catalog, Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1975

A Fascination with Woods by Beth Glover, The Berea Citizen, May 1975

Artisans of the Appalachians by Emma Weaver, Miller Printing, Asheville, NC, 1967

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1984-1987 Board of Directors, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC

1973-1975 Board of Directors, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC

1961-1962 President, Board of Directors, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC

1958 1968 Board of Directors, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC

1950-1978 Chairman, Industrial Arts Department, Berea College, Berea, KY

1937-1950 Instructor, Industrial Arts Department, Berea College, Berea, KY

Rude Osolnik taught workshops and demonstrated woodturning throughout the United States for over forty years. In the Fall, 1990, he taught a major workshop in New Zealand.